Trueheart's Comments (2258)

“I agree with you Billyboy.
It's still the same war. Obama hasn't been able to change that.”

“That sounds so neat and rational.
But what exactly do you mean?
Something like this??

"I'm glad that Commander-in-Chief Obama is ordering more young men and women in uniform to fight and possibly die in the formidable terrain of a country where empires greater than ours have failed to prevail against the indomitable spirit of the Afghani people.

I hope the reason they are being deployed to Afghanistan is one which all Americans can support in good conscience.

I hope that if these men and women should be ordered to police the actions of civilians, that they kill only bad guys, leave the good and kind people of Afghanistan in peace, without maiming and killing their innocent children.”

“Thanks for posting this discussion.

I flinch every single time I hear civilian and military experts throw around that sanitary phrase "troop deployment" with numbers in the thousands attached to it. And we learned today that 9,000 men and women wearing the uniform of the U.S. Marines will be sent into Afghanistan to protect Hamid Karzai's government against takeover by the Taliban or other jihaddist Islamic groups.

Have I got it right? I do so want to get it right. A lot of us want to get it right because we want to know what our official reason is for endangering so many civilian and military lives. When the next airplanes arrive from battleground Afghanistan bearing the bodies of our wounded, our maimed, our dead, we want to know that they died for a just and honorable cause.. After 8 years of sacrificing their children to this "cause," Americans want to hear that cause redefined by this new President, who promised to bring CHANGE and HOPE.”

“Roannamac: All I can say is that on one hand you make a pitch for putting on the royal dog as an indication of class and style, and then come back with a gutter insult. I've received a couple of replies like yours and they don't seem to have been posted either. Just as well.

I don't think the Obamas should have served franks and beans. Just styled this down several levels from the Hollywood meets Bollywood tone. I'm not the only person who was offended, and am sure some had even more strident criticims of the event. And I don't think the Prime Minister Singh and his wife would have been offended if it had been less ostentatious. Look at how simply they were dressed for the occasion.”

“What do you mean by "horn it and get our share" ?

You can't possibly be advocating war as a way to employ people? Are you?”

“" 82. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans."

Yeah, I read that aerial bombing will be reduced, and we'll be iimplementing more remote controlled robot technology. The only blood on the ground will be that of the Afghanistani people--and maybe a few Talibani. Makes me proud all over.

The priorities are all about whose outstretched hands will get US dollars as we buy our way out of this. Makes me proud all over.”

“I don't see how you get that out of what Beatriz wrote.”

“I only found major disagreement with you on two things: the importance of seeing a child smile and watching ducklings shake their tail feathers. Less said about Barry ( I Write The Songs) Manilow, the better.

Nuff and well sed.

Afghanistan's doing it to me too. I'm losing sleep over it. Can't I just swallow the thought that thousands more of our children will be sent to Afghanistan to face off against people who present no real challenge to our national or economic security.

The longer we stay, the more they will hate us. And we don't hate them. In fact, we kinda like and respect their independent character and gritty resourcefulness. . So why should we escalate and destroy more Afghani people and their land? Or perhaps we should withdraw our troops and bring them home to their real lives? It's a no brainer for me.

And I thought I voted for a guy with maximum level brain function. It's most troubling, innit?”

“You are fortunate to have such a heritage..­.born in a trunk, as they used to say.
Some of my family travelled with burlesque and vaudeville troups.
Do you know this one: "By the sewer she lived. By the sewer she died. They said it was moider...b­ut it were sewerside.­" ???”

“Perhaps I was being a bit sarcastic?
Game? No sir. If this couple did not have a legitimate invitation to the after-party,then some people should get called on the carpet and fired. Given the anti-Obama sentiment out there, it's a serious matter.

Putting that aside: Why do you think Hollywood and music biz mogul, David Geffin, was seated next to the First Lady?”

“How did you acquire such a great vocabulary of humor?
Was your family in vaudeville?”

“You can find lots of information on Human Rights Watch, ABC, CBS, NBC MSN, BBC......j­ournalists have been reporting on this for years.

While you are at it, look up human sex slave trade in Dubai--especially child sex slave trade. The ultimate in depravity. It's what the very very very rich want. Ultimate exploitation.

Drink a bottle of Maalox before doing this. It will be a nauseating experience.”

“So wait...the­y didn't crash the dinner, but they did crash the after-party?
Maybe there was a secondary invitation list for the party.
They sure did get some big smiley face VIP photos for their picture wall at home.”

“I wonder what will happen to the thousands of Third World workers who flooded Dubai and worked for slave wages doing construction and menial jobs. I've read that the towns where they live outside of Dubai are hell holes. How many of them will even be able to return home?”

“How fitting.”

“How come?”

“I've been searching my mental library for the cartoon character he resembles, and you've just nailed it. Thank you.”

“Whoa! Talk about smart ideas...th­at's a great one!”

“No, I'm not an inverstigator.

If people waited for all the facts before they commented on this website, there would be mighty few postings.

You say we haven't had all the questions answered and maybe never will....so therefore nobody should ever have a reaction to this case.”

“That struck me as a strange choice too, but then again it would be a place where a person could die and be on hallowed ground. The descriptions of this man made him seem like an exceptionally considerate person, so maybe he did think this way.

The sad bad thing he did was to mislead people into thinking that he had been killed by people who consider the federal government as their enemy. That stirred up a lot of anger and prejudice, and probably reinforced the anti-gubmint sentiment.”

“Not so much that they don't want affordable quality healthcare for all, but they are suspicious about the ability of our government and its massive bureacracies to provide public services without ripping us off”

“Maybe you can talk Howard Dean into moving down to Connecticut.
I'd sure like to see a guy as sharp as he is become a Senator.

He has a way of cutting through the bs and making his points in a thoughtful way and without talking down to people, he has the ability to educate and change minds.”

“Hopefully a few of you can put aside your initial reactions, which seem to imply that I am an ignorant baloney head.

I simply do not think that this display of "majesty" is appropriate, given the state of our nation, and no amount of insults will change that.

This is a democracy, not an aristocracy.
I'm not saying that the President and his First Lady shouldn't entertain foreign dignitaries at state dinners.

I am objecting to the grandiosity and splendour of the display. I don't buy into that. It goes against my grain.

I think the Obamas are a charming and intelligent couple, who have the ability to represent our nation very well.

And for that reason, I wish that they would seriously consider the dire circumstances in which many, many people are living right now, and that perhaps they would have the sensitivity to tone down an occasion like this out of respect for the hardships they are facing.

And by the way, how does David Geffin get to sit next to Mrs. Obama?”

“Yeah?
Well she's NOT an Egyptian Queen.
She's a woman married to the President of the United States.

So wipe that awe off your face and get up off your knees Deva.

This is the United States of America, and we don't bow down to queens or imperial mother figures.
If you are a citizen of this country, your hard earned money paid for that spectacle.”

“You go, Mr. and Mrs. Obama!!!
Just as good at putting on a spectacle as Reagan, Clinton and the Bushes.
I am so happy that you have brought transformational change to the White House and to the nation in general.”